Breakfast with Jeff Hoffman

"I flew five missions aboard the Space Shuttle, logging more than 1,211 hours and 21.5 million miles in space, including the first mission to repair the Hubble Telescope in 1993." Jeff Hoffman 

9:30 - Breakfast Gathering

10:00 - Greetings

10:10 - Rachel Raz, Space Torah Tour

10:20 - Dr. Jeff Hoffman, Journey in space+

introducing Moxie (MIT)

10:50 - 12:00 Open Conversation

JEFFREY A. HOFFMAN

NASA astronaut, 1978-1997, five flights; NASA European representative, 1997-2001

Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering, MIT

Director, Human Systems Lab

Director, Massachusetts Space Grant

Specialization and Research Interests 

Human space flight operations, space flight technology, human-machine interactions, extravehicular activity, conducting laboratory research in space

 Teaching Interests 

Space systems design, space policy

Academic Degrees 

B.A., 1966, Amherst College Ph.D., 1971, Harvard University M.S., 1988, Rice University

 Society Memberships 

International Academy of Astronautics, Spanish Academy of Engineering, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi

Positions Held at MIT 

Research staff, Center for Space Research, 1975-1978; senior lecturer, 2001-2002; professor of the practice, 2002-present; director, Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, 2005-present; director, Man Vehicle Lab, 2015-present.